In a charming TEDx talk at Binghamton University last year, complexity expert Hannah Fry applies her math skills to romantic relationships. Watch as she explains how pattern theory may help you get dates, how to use optimal stopping theory to pick a spouse, and how an understanding of negativity thresholds can help… »5/02/15 3:30pm 5/02/15 3:30pm

Anyone can misread a friendly conversation as romantic interest, but apparently straight men are far more likely to do this than straight women. Is it basic sexism, or evolutionary psychology? Those are the two dominant theories. You tell me what you think. »2/20/15 4:04pm 2/20/15 4:04pm

Singld Out, an online dating service based on "cutting-edge" science, has the solution for busy singles to — quite literally — sniff out the perfect companion. So, should you drop $299 a year for a perfect match and eternal happiness — or is it all just a load of crap?»9/09/14 2:30pm 9/09/14 2:30pm

If you've been dissatisfied with the low intelligence of people in your dating pool, you might want to check out Match.com's latest feature: The online dating service is currently teaming up with Mensa, the global high IQ society, to romantically pair off brainiacs and nerdballs. »6/27/14 2:31pm 6/27/14 2:31pm

We can all blame Jurassic Park for getting our hopes up that we could bring the dinosaurs using amber-preserved DNA. It turns out DNA won't last nearly long enough for that, but it does hang around longer than we previously knew. »10/11/12 6:40am 10/11/12 6:40am

There's a hoary old truism that says geeks never date, and get laid even less than that. But at least two generations have grown up knowing that is a lie. After all, Mark Zuckerberg's courtship and marriage made headlines, while gamer geek Felicia Day is an internet pinup (in armor of course). We live in a golden age… »7/24/12 2:54pm 7/24/12 2:54pm

A well prepared partner might be the key to surviving the apocalypse, but how do you make sure that your special someone is as serious about proper food storage and basic medical training as you are? Consider posting a profile on a survivalist dating site. »4/07/12 10:00am 4/07/12 10:00am

One of the most important skills to have if you're looking for dates is knowing whether somebody else is interested in you. According to psychologists who studied speed dating, this is actually an incredibly difficult skill to master. But one group is almost always accurate in their predictions of who wants to date… »5/31/11 8:00am 5/31/11 8:00am

Most radioactive isotopes of the lighter elements decay in minutes or less. But one particular isotope of carbon takes 6000 years to decay, and that fact has revolutionized archaeology. But why it does that has long been a complete mystery. »5/29/11 12:00pm 5/29/11 12:00pm

As any man will tell you (especially in the weeks before Valentine's Day), gift-giving is a tricky business. Although men can use gifts to enhance their chances of getting laid, this can also leave them vulnerable to "gold-diggers" (a highly scientific term that describes women who use the promise of sex to get stuff… »2/04/11 4:44pm 2/04/11 4:44pm

You're dating a new girl and things are going great. Then one day she asks you to meet her ex...who just happens to be Superman. Can a mere mortal ever live up to the Boyfriend of Steel? »7/22/09 2:30pm 7/22/09 2:30pm

It's the perfect dating site for the personal genome age: Genepartner will take your genetic material and hook you up with people whose genetic profiles match yours. Because you wouldn't want to date somebody with a nasty genetic profile. According to the site, "Our formula is based on research on hundreds of couples… »7/23/08 9:31am 7/23/08 9:31am

At the Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival last month during the Heroesevent, we noticed that Milo Ventimiglia and Hayden Panettiere were canoodling with each other the whole time, whispering back and forth like giddy schoolkids. But, we chalked it up to nerves and confusion about what was going on during the Q&A.… »1/02/08 10:45am 1/02/08 10:45am